Dragonfly's Poetry & Prolixity


Dragonfly: Any of various large insects of the order Odonata or suborder Anisoptera, having a long slender body and two pairs of narrow, net-veined wings that are usually held outstretched while the insect is at rest. Also called regionally darner, darning needle, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk.

Poetry: The art or work of a poet.

Prolixity: Excessive wordiness in speech or writing; longwindedness

Thursday, April 18, 2013

You Know Who You Are by Naomi Shihab Nye

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You Know Who You Are By Naomi Shihab Nye Why do your poems comfort me, I ask myself. Because they are upright, like straight-backed ...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Mules of Love by Ellen Bass

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One of my favorite books of poetry:  "Mules of Love" by Ellen Bass.  I've been away gardening, sprouting seeds, reading, wr...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Litany by Billy Collins

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This 3 year old recites my favorite Billy Collins' poem, "Litany" from memory.  Be still my poet-heart.  You are all my bre...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Before Summer Rain by Rainer Maria Rilke

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"When the chickens or dogs wander away, people know enough to search for them, but when the heart wanders away, they don't. ...
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Friday, March 22, 2013

Happy Birthday, Billy Collins!

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From one of my collages.     I guarantee the following poem will leave mice and matches in your head for days.  It does what a great ...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

Moths by Eavan Boland

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My favorite Moonflower and Sphinx Moth photo taken after a rain one evening in 2007 on a hot summer night.  I spent hours (days---my enti...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

Pretty Words by Elinor Wylie

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Pretty Words By Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1929) Poets make pets of pretty, docile words: I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish Whi...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Carpet of Red Petals

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  A neighbor's Camellia Tree after a storm this week.  I love the blood red carpeting of petals under the tree... I'm busy read...
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Friday, February 8, 2013

Every Single Night by Fiona Apple - Music Review

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Every Single Night By Fiona Apple, from her new album, "The Idler Wheel" Every single night I endure the flight Of litt...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

In This January by Susan Goyette

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I have no words of my own.  I am as mute as if someone had cut out my tongue, broken all of my fingers and stolen my voice.  Sorry.  xo, ...
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I am a Moonchild born breach on the full moon during hurricane season in South Louisiana. I read; therefore, I am.
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